How to reduce your risk of heart attack and stroke

Published on February 15, 2012

Heart disease and stroke have reached epidemic levels in our country. Heart disease is the leading killer of Americans; stroke is the fourth leading killer. One of every three deaths in this county is caused by cardiovascular disease.

Streisand fights for women’s hearts

By Lauren Bottner
Published on December 12, 2011

Women’s Heart Health 101

By Jenny Stamos
Published on February 14, 2008

Advice about cholesterol for women.

Circuit

By Norma Zager
Published on November 30, 2006

news briefs

Wanted: A General in the Obesity War

By Brian Albert
Published on November 17, 2005

Obesity is the fastest growing health threat in this country, currently on track to overtake tobacco as No. 1.

Health - Pursuing America’s No. 1 Killer

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on August 4, 2005

For more times than he can recall, Ken Bouchard has journeyed from Los Angeles to his hometown of Framingham, Mass. There, Bouchard willingly provides blood samples, dons heart monitors and details his eating habits.

Where Have All the ‘Safe’ Drugs Gone?

By Dr. Marc Siegel
Published on January 20, 2005

In the fall, my Vioxx patients fled to Celebrex. The other day they fled to Aleve. Now they don't know what to do.

Now that it was discovered that patients taking naproxen (Aleve) for three years had a 50 percent increased risk of heart disease, my patients want to know if any arthritis drug is safe.

I tell them that all these drugs are probably safe -- if taken for the right reasons and if judiciously prescribed.

Healthy Diet Can Be a Heart Hazard

By Elyce Wakerman
Published on May 6, 2004

Johnny Carson used to have a joke about it. A friend of his had sworn off coffee, cigarettes, alcohol, red meat and sex. The guy was doing just fine, Carson quipped, until he committed suicide.